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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-07-18

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-07-18 page 1

ill m COLUMBUS, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1874. VOL. XXXY. NO. 167. rnirar . n SIEBERT & ULLEY, Blank Book Manufacturers, Printers, Binders, Stationers ,. .. And Legal Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING Of every description, by the single Volume. Edition or OPEBA HOUSE BUILDING, (Up Stain.) mr20 COIitlHBVS. tatc Journal Office i Illcta, Pearl and Chnpol Sis. J. K. 00Y. A. W. faiKOUOO. COMLY & rilA.NCI8CO, , Ptunta aw raonimn. ! ' janes 1H. COMLY, Editor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY Studer's Columbus and the Weekly Ohio State Journal, One Year for Two Dollars and Fifty Cents! Visitors who desire views of our State Capitol, the new Blind Institute, the new Insane Hospital, the new Deaf and Dumb Institute, the Hospital for Imbecile Youth and many other prominent buildings, with a history of each, and other valuable information, can obtain the same in Studer's History of this city, tfhe work is substantially bound in cloth and is furnished with the Weekly Ohio State Journal for' one year, at the low price of $2.50. . Address . COMLY FRANCISCO, . Colnmbns, Ohio. The new Board of Indian Peace Commissioners met and organized yesterday. The applications to the Treasury from the WeBt and South for National banking capital, have amounted thus far to four millions. General Sheridan is impatient to get after the raiding red men. He would like to let loose his cavalry upon them immediately. The editor of the Dayton Journal will now be more inconsolable than ever. A Western Ohio Fair is to be established at Piqua. This will throw the Dayton pumpkin show into a complete eclipse. The Cincinnati Enquirer would like to see the Hon. George H. Pendleton made President of the Pan-Handle railway. It will never be satisfied until George H. is made President of something. . The British Government would be glad to accommodate the King of the Cannibal Islands with the annexation he desires, but his conditions, sixteen in number, are not acceptable. The King, with all his grandeur and greatness, is a terribly im pecunious person. Speaking of Mr. Jewett's election to the Erie presidency, the Pittsburg Chron- icle remarks that it was "certainly a great compliment," and that "it appears that fitness and capacity were the only reasons why the foreign shareholders of this cor poration made the choice." . The Chicago Tribune's Wednesday leader on the fire is entitled "A Cheap "Penalty for Amazing Folly." The folly referred to is that of building "thousands of wooden shanties" and allowing every man to "keep a tinder box and an oil fac tory where it suits him beat." We are indebted to Hon. James Wil lmma. Anditor of State, for a useful tabulation of Ohio railway values as fix- ed bv the State Board of Equalization, By reference to this table, which will be found elsewhere, it will be seen that the aggregate of valuation for 1874, as fixed by the Board, amounts to $85,280,855, an increase over 1873 of J6,0fi7,3Uo. Two leading planks of the Indiana Democratic platform are redemption of the five-twenty bonds in greenbacks and abolition of National banks. If we could have fifteen hundred millions of irredeemable currency in circulation, and unlimited sbinplaaters besides, it is supposed the average Indiana Democrat would be perfectly happy. General Garfield pointedly and emphatically denies the statement that his private secretary has been paid on the rolls of the House of Representatives without performing any public duty, says no clerk or secretary has done an hour's work on his private correspondence at public expense, and that whatever aid of this kind he has had baa been paid for out of his own pocket. The new Atlantic cable, the laying of which between Halifax and Bye Beach New Hampshire, has just been completed is expected to transmit messages between New York and London at rates much be low those charged by existing lines. It will be nsed exclusively by the Atlantic and Pacific compsay which already con trols about 15,000 miles of land wire, with several thousand miles mora in course of construction. The company proposes to place automatic telegraphs long the rentes of the principal railways, and expects to have ita cable laid and ready for business by August 25. MS According to the Brooklyn Argus Mr, Beecher'a statements in regard to the ac- ousatlons made against him by Theodore Tilton is in the hapds of his friends and ready to be presented to the Plymouth Church investigating committee. It is pronounced a manly and straightforward document, unequivocally denying Til ton's charges and all stories of similar im port which have been set afloat. It is also in the nature of a counter charge, affirming, as it does, that Mrs. Tilton complained to Mr. Beecher of her husband's infidelity and asked his advice in the capacity of her friend and pastor as to the course she should pursue. Mr. Beecher advised separation, but after ward repented of this, and concluding that he may have wronged Mr. Tilton wrote to him the apology which the latter quoted and construed as a confession of criminal intimacy. On the other hand, Mr. Tilton's state ment, now preparing, is said to be weak and evasive. Instead of bringing toward the Droof of his specifio accusations, he Will, it is affirmed, launch into a series of general charges, with the view of showing Mr. Beecher's general unfitness 10 occupy a Christian pulpit. This would be weak indeed, and after so much threatening and bluster, would not only fall exceedingly flat, but be taken as virtually a complete breakdown. Tilton had bet ter come squarely up to the mars ana maintain his accusations or let us con clude at once that he is a slanderer and a humbug. The crisis of this wretched and disgusting business, and let us hope its end, is evidently near at hand, and will result in a popular verdict against one or the other of the principal parties implicated that will probably be final and sweeping. The Quaker Indian Agent, who manu factured the recent scare on the Kansas border, and telegraphed to Washington a somewhat frantic appeal for troops to sup press imaginary prowling redskins, has been asked by an authorized committee of his sect to resign. He is not a representative man of peace. The Saratoga boat race was again post poned yesterday, this time on account of high wind. PERSONS AND THINGS. Affecting sight Barrels in tiers. The Agassiz memorial fund amounts to $112,060. An Illinois man has a family of fifteen grown-up children, nbt one of whom has ever been in the penitentiary. "Lenny, you're a pig," said a father to his five year c'd boy. "Now, do you know what a pig is, Lenny?" "Yes, pa; a pig is a hog's little boy." It occurred to a Danbury scholar, while writing a composition, last week, to make the remarkable statement "an ui Joes nut taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster." Next to music, nothing bo powerfully tends to soothe the savage breast as to see the yourg man who parts his hair in the middle shoving a baby wagon on Sunday. So many people are out of employment iust now that there iB everywhere a great rush for situations. Iwelve poor oeviis have already signified their willingness to become Governor of New Jersey. Another affecting extract from a Phil arlelnhia obituary poem has appeared. It reads: Put away those little breeohes, Do not try to mend the hoi e ; Little Ji.hnny does not want them i - He has climbed the golden pole. A Mississippi doctor gave a Memphis man a box of anti-bilious pills the other day. with directions written on the box to "take one pill five times a day.", ine pill thus to be taken was probably made ot cast-iron. Aunt Bella (who has just read aloud "The Burial of Sir John Moore") "Now, then, which of the verses do you like best?" Jack (with alacrity) "O ! I know 'Few and short were the prsyers we said.' "Punch. A wag with the word "whoa," brought a horse, driven by a young man, to a dead stop. "That's a fine beast of your's," says the wag. "Yes, a pretty good sort of an animal, but he has one fault. He was once owned by a butcher, and is sure to stop when he hears a calf bleat." Wag doesn't say "whoa" to that horse any more. Poor Max Adeler 1 Hear what he has to say about a hotel clerk : "I can shake hands with a Governor, sit beside an Al derman, and smoke with a State Senator, and never feel mv littleness: but when I come to stand in the presence of a modern hotel clerk, I feel that awe and inferiority 1 , . . f..l n. tXtav ulor( in Yn. which tourists feel as they stand in Yo- Semite Valley and look up at the moun tain tops a thousand feet above." Tbe Atlantic Cable. Tl, nable of 1866. it will be remem be red, was broken last year, and could not rut nam lor. ine transmission ui vitr grams business having during the winter and spring been conunwi tu ms m lih nrl the f rencn caoie. ine annuuuw ment is now made that on Tuesday the broken cable was successfully repaired, nil in now in workin order. All three are in operation, and tueAngio-Amen-can cable company will soon lay a fourth. The opposition cable, the section of which between naiuax ana new naniuu finished a few days ago, will also be completed across the ocean in a short time. With five cables between England and America, there is no reason why the present exorbitant tolls should not be reduced.Tna woman suffrasn constitutional amendment, submitted to the last Legis- Utiin nf Michigan. Is now nemo- can- nl. At Traverse City, the other day, a circular was left at every house propounding to each woman over twentyone yean oi age me louowing ijiiauuua i "1. Do von want to vote! "i. If no to the first qnestion, answer this: In ease it shrald be decided that women be allowed to vote, would yon wntm nn nnntione of temperance and moral or political reform?" Tk tn ttm firat nnMtion were. veas 42. nays 95, blank 66: to the second qnestion, yeas iw, naya a, viau va. OHIO RAILWAYS. Statement or the Property or Ball-way Companies In Ohio In 1S78 and 1874, Fixed by the State Board or Equalisation. Val uea aB fix- Values aa fix- ad by Slate eil by Btate Board ot Board of names or a. a. Equaliaa- Equalisa tion, 1874. tion, 1873. Ashta. Young. Pitta t 662,948 t 384,760 3,260,660 Atlantic 4 Groat West ... 3,346,68 A. 0. W., Agent for U. 8. Rolling siock uo.... Oil, Mil A. U. Cleveland Mahoning valley div... ,uid,iku 1,963,670 A. G. WT, Agent II. 8. Rolling stock on v. M. V. Dir. 608, "85 B. 4 0., Central Ohio Div. 1,020,810 B. A O., Lake Erie Div... 1,170,316 1,708,268 ' 879,801 265,860 16,601 4',0l'li 40,100 3,672,843 208,666 736,337 1.162,223 303,093 1,062,726 1,274,327 8,701,261 1,263,065 S,'m',3C3 1,428,817 B. 4 O , Straitsville Div.. 976,60) B. 4 O., Washington CO.. 17,770 Bait.. Pitta. AChie. 487,062 Carrollton 4 Oneida 4,000 Ohio. Canada Southern. 61,708 Cin. Hamil'n Dayt'n.... 3,062,183 Cin.Hainil'nADay'nAIn- Indianapolis (Junction). 207,413 Cin., Indiana 4 Lafayette 738,240 Cln. 4 MuBking'm Valley l,ll,a2T Cin,, Rich. 4 Chicago 893,807 Cin., Sand'y 4 Cleve 1,143,167 Cincinnati 4 Springfl ld... 1,426,171 Clev., Col., Cin. 4 lodiap. 0,621,328 Clev., Mt. Ver'n 4 Dela... . 1,666,330 Cleveland 4 Newburgh.... to.000 Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh... 8,069,026 Col bus 4 licking Valley 1,136,788 Col. 4 Hocking Valley, Straitsville urancn a,n,w Col., Springn'd4Cincin.. 483,088 248,976 1.90O.741 Dayton 4 Michigan 1,873,177 Davton 4 Un on 201,702 361.818 72,129 44,600 109,760 218,626 13,981,633 032,780 04,6 2 276,500 264,172 2,968,068 370,560 024,686 60,051 4,774,136 2,639,004 2,377,412 11,883,076 24,810 15,000 Harrison Branch 71,617 Hayden'a Switch 69,ouu Iron Railroad 161,304 I.aKn Eri4 Loaisvillle.. 612.244 Lake Shore 4 Michigan - Southern 14,226,630 Lak e Shore 4 Tuscarawas Va ev 066,530 Lawrence Branch 04,672 Mahoning Coal 400,128 Mansfield, Coldwater 4 Lake Michmim ihi.im Mnrietta 4 Cincinnati.... ,1,211,863 Marietta 4 Pittsburg.... 404,148 Ohio 4 Mississi pi 037,041 f aineavuie et xoungat 11. 021,010 Pitts., Cin. 4 Ht. Louis, yittle Miami Div 4,317.384 Pitts, Cin 4 St. Louis, Pan-Handle Div 2,780,733 Pitts Cin. 4 St. Louis, C C. 4 I. C D v 2,60T,ooo Pitts. Ft Wayne tChica. 11,436,316 Rockv River '.. 24,810 Salineville Branch 16,000 Toledo, Canada Southern 4 Detroit n.em Toledo 4 State Line - 20,860 Toledo, Tiffin 4 East'rn.. 380,171 Tol., Wab. 4 Western.... 041,201 230,910 777,255 Totals $86,280,855 870,213,550 Valuations as returned by County Auditors $84,008,232 Total additions by State Board of equalization i,ivu,oui Total $86,818,534 Reductions by State Board of Equali zation uv,,u,? Valuations as fixed by State Board of equalization floi,oo.ow Net amount added by State Board... 682,03 Iuorease of valuations over 1873 0,067,305 A reduction of $1000 per mile between Co lumbus and Newark, distance 33 miles. Iron Market. Youngstown (O.) Tribune 1 Sales of pie iron, the past week, have fallen off measureably, but the price remains firm, and purchasers are gradually stiffening in their views. We have infor mation ot several consumers onering large orders at prevailing prices, for future delivery, which offers were declined by the furnace companies. There is not much pig iron being produced in the Mahoning Valley, for the general market, and there is no reason why, if iron advances, the furnaces should not have the benefit of such advance. The price may still be fairly quoted at twenty-five dollars per ton at furnace, and this price, it ia patent to all who are at all familiar with the subject, leaves no margin for the producers. It is the belief of well informed parties that pig iron will go to about thirty dol lars a ton in nttsourg during me next thirty days. There has been, and continues to be, an increaaed inquiry for bar iron, mostly trom Eastern bouses. Home large orders have been placed, and a great many more refused on account of low prices. A large proportion of the mills get orders from r. . , ... .i. r ine ftaBi, ana wuu uie wue(inuu u, iun prices, the orders are desirable, as the parties usually pay cash or buy on short time. Two and onehalf cents is considered the current price for common bar, which is down to ante-war prices. The rail mills seem to be the slowest to take a start, which would seem to indicate that ihpv were the worst hurt in the late finan cial unpleasantness. This is no doubt correct, as the rail mills are dependent upon a single intereati iur tucu wumii and until that interest revives not much, 1 . , r.. ,LJ. ki.Mnas. i f anything?, can be done. We see no rea son, however, why there should not be a MiAni for the better soon. The railroads are all running, and of course wearing out the rails and rolling stock, all of which must be Booner or la ter replaced or repaired, ana mey are likely to have a large increased business the coming tall in moving ine crops, which are reported to be unusually bountiful. We therefore feel safe in predict ing a moderately active business for the rail muis, commencing uui imer umu September. The London Boy. "T never iret tired of studying the Lon don boy," writes the Danbury News man. "He is always on the street, and always in the way. 1 never saw sucn a ooy in any other city. He is not quarrelsome, not saucy, not addicted to smoking, and I never heard one of them swear, even under the most favorable circumstances. To tell the truth, I never heard them say much of anything. He is a helpless youth, addicted to store windows, rubbing against buildings, and toppling over obstructions. He has a dreadful tendency to be always backing up against some-rhinor. and always missine it. to the detri ment of his bones. Only they do not fall with sufficient force to break a bone.a I have seen one of them slide from the side of a lamn oost. turn a part summersault, recover himself, hit up against the post again, slip ofi the curb, and gradually get down on his back in the gutter taking in all some dozen seconds to do it, while an American boy would go down and stave a hole in the back of his head, and make a doctor's bill of $18 in leas than a second. "Yoo never saw such a happy lot of nennle as we had here yesterday," said landlady to a newly arrived guest; "there thirteen couples of them." "What ! thirteen couples iust married?" "Oh no, air; thirteen couples just aivorcea. ... - , . ... , At the present time Russia furnishes all the platinum used in the world. The annual production aoes noi exceed ww pounds, and o'ten lalis mucn oeiow mai amount. It is worm 90 10 90 per peuna TlrPTHitRiA prevails in New York. 64 cases being reported in one week. Over sixty per rent of the mortality from the disease is among children under five years of age. The hats designed for croquet are Japanese' shape, and entirely covered with white muslin, finished by black velvet bow in the center. Dora Piatt says the proper thing to do when yonr horse is running away is "to hold fast to your seat and say your prayers; anyhow, hold fast to your seat." The steamship Denmark, from New York, has arrived at Liverpool. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL Night Dispatches. MT. VEENON. Arrested for violating- Bevenue - Laws City t'ounell. Speoial to th Ohio Btate Journal, ' Mt. Verkon, July 17.--A man named Humphries, residing near Fredenckstown in this coukty, was arrested yesterday by U. S. Deputy Marshal Steele and taken to Cleveland, charged with having been en gaged in selling whisky without license, in violation of the Internal Revenue laws. He was held to answer at the October term of the U. S. District Court. . Dnar dava and the comet, taken to gether, have so fuddled the brains of the City Council that but little Has oeen aone of late. They did manage to get a resolution n n to reouire the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad company to take np their platform at a point where no pavement is needed, and have totally neglected to put one down at the approaches of the Cleve land, Mt. Vernon and Uolumuusrauroaa, where one is needed very badly, where, in the fall and winter, the mud is anywhere between one and fifteen hundred feet deep. BEECHER'S EESPONSE. What tbe Plymouth Pastor Pro poses to Hay In Reply to Tilton He Denies the Lalter'a Accusations and Explains Hie Apolosrellc l.etler-Tlltou' statement an Eva alon and a Disappointment. New York, July 17. The Brooklyn Eagle says: "Mr. Beecher's statement, although not yet officially before the com mittee, is in the bands ot his iriendB, ana will be submitted as soon as Mr. Tiltons is out in. Gentlemen who have seen it spoke of it as a frank, straightforward, manly document. Mr. Jjeecner aaoresses lnuiBelf in detail to Tilton's case, ex plains the nature of his trouble with Tilton, denies that he ever made an impure intimation to Mrs. Tilton, and con cludes with an absolute and unequivocal denial of all other slanders which have been set in motion against him. He acknowledges that Mrs. Tilton complained to him of her hUBband, that she spoke of his infidelity and cited instances, spoke of his going with strange women and proved that her statement was true, and nnany oeggea mm (Beecher) to advise her as a man and minister what to do. Mr. Beecher after long deliberation and considerable hesitancy advised her if Bhe felt she could not reclaim her husband to leave him. After time Mr. Beecher felt he had made a mistake in giving this advice. He thought that perhaps if left to the impulses of his own generous nature Tilton would have abandoned the Btrange women alter wnom be had been running, and return to the peace of his own household. In this condition of mind he apologized to Tilton for what he had done, promised to extend to him the right-hand of fellowship in future and to bury the past utterly. "Tilton e forthcoming statement win, it said, disappoint the public generally. The supposition has been that he would undertake to prove tbat Mr. ueectier naa done him a giaye personal injury, that tie wouia speunj evidence of its reality. Now it is understood he has resolved to remain reticent in recrard to his own family, but will go into the general scandal. In other words he will attempt to show that Mr. Beecher outraged not the Tiltons, but some other house, lie reasons in tnis way: -my proposition is that Mr. Beecher is not a man to occupy a vnrisiian puipn. What Beecher has done to me is my own affair. Public interest is properly in my main proposition, and in support of it I submit the following statement.' This document, there is good reason for stating, will affect the character of two other women beside Mrs. Tilton. The consistency of Mr. Tilton's position will be beBt judged ot by tbe public wnen nis statement appears and its contents are compared with his promises." The Argus states tnai wnen rar. Beecher reduced his statement to writing he submitted it to a friend, with the remark that it was the paper he intended to lay before the investigating committee; that the friend to whom the statement wan eiven read it carefully, and then returned ii 10 jir. retainer, naying w uiiu, , . . 1 1 n i 1. : "I advise you not to present tbat paper to the committee;" that Mr. Beecher asking for the reason of such advice, the reply was, "Because Mr. Tilton s statement will shiver to pieceB;" tbat on further consul tation and the comparison oi views, mr, Beecher determined to follow tbe advice of his friend: that accordingly Mr Beech er's statement was not yet presented to the committee last night, and tbat insteaa of the statement Mr. Beecher sent a note to the committee, in which he announced that he had not prepared any evidence to be submitted to that body. SARATOGA. Another Failure and Disappoint ment Tbe Rowing; Race Again Postponed. Saratoga, July IT. The morning broke brightly and calm. Ke ports from the lake were promising, ana up to- i p. m. it was stated there was every probability that the race would be rowed. This sent large numbers out wno were 10m 10 make the venture again. At o p. m. wora came from the starting point that the pros pect for a start was good. At ten minutes nast 6 o'clock. The first gun was fired at the foot of the lake, which was greeted with cheers by the immense crowd. At 6:20 a second gun wss fired, and in five minutes more the third discharge was heard. At 7:22 the fourth gun was heard, which it was thought was a signal for tak ine positions. From that time until 8:30 nothing was heard fiom the starting point. It then became so dark thai 11 was evi dent another postponement had taken place, which was the fsct. Word was brought that the race would be rowed as soon as tbe water was smootn enougn, which was rather vague. The sum of two thousand dollars was subscribed and presented to the Wesleyan crew to-day. right with Indiana In Texas. Galveston, July 17. A News special from Jackboro, Texas, of the 15th, via Dallas 17th. says that on the 12th Major Jones, with thirty four men, fought a large war party or Aiowas, uomancnea ana Apaches in Lost Valley. Jackson county, killing three and wounding three that were seen. It is supposed that others were killed and wounded among the rocks in the mountains. Major Jones lost two men killed and two wounded, and fifteen horses killed and wounded. The fight lasted three hours. The number of Indians said to be 125, all armed with breech loaders and well mounted. They nsed no arrows. The Indians retreated in a north westerly direction. Major Jones did not have sufficient force to pursue them. Large stock yards and a forty stall en gine house are to oe erecieq ai umana. TEE TUBF, tast Day of tbe Toledo Baee. ' Toledo, July 17. The three days' races closed to-day. The attendance was fully up to that of yesterday, and the track in fine condition, The race for 2:50' class, purse of $500, $300 to first horae, $150 to second, $50 to third, nine entries, was won by Mambrino Walker, of Coldwater, Mich., in three straight heats. Time 2:44 2:47. 2:42. Frank Rosewood, of Jackson, Mich., took the second money, and Inchworm, of Brownhelm, Ohio, the third. The free for all race, five entries, purse same as first race, was won by Fred Cooper, of Detroit, in three straight beats. Time 2:31, 2:32f, 2:31. General Sherman, of Coldwater, Mich., second, John H. third. A pacing race completed the performance, for which seven horses started. Jim, of Monroe, Michigan: Battling Jim, of Newark, Ohio, drawn. Purse same as others. ' The first heat was won by Sealskin, of Indianapolis, in 2:31, Copper-bottom and Cotton Picker distanced. The second, third and fourth beats were won by Sleepy George, of Steubenville, Ohio. Time,2:28fr, 2:32, 2:34; Sealskin second, John McNair, of Detroit, Michigan, third.. tirent Trot by Goldsmith Maid Time, 2:10. ' East Saginaw, Mich., July 16. In the race at the East Saginaw Driving Park to-day, for a special puree of $5000 and divide thus: $2500 to the first horse, $1500 to the second and $1000 to the horse which beat the best time on record Goldsmith Maid won in three straight heats, Time, 2:10!, 2:161, 2:16. The only contestant was Judge Fullerton. Both horses displayed splendid trotting. The only break in the three heats was made by Goldsmith Maid in the first quarter of the first heat, when she lost threee or four lengths, Judge Fullerton leading to the home-stretjh, when he was passed by the Maid, who won the heat by a length. Fullerton was beaten two lengths in the second heat and four in the third heat. Fullerton being driven by Dan Mace and the Maid by Budd Doble. Fullerton's time was 2:20, 2:18, 2:18. The track was in splendid condition. There were eight thousand people present. The track is one mile and three feet in length. ' LAWRENCE. A ttnaher Indian Agent Asked to Heslg-n by tbe Indian Committee of bl Heel HI Warlike AO vice Condemned and bla Terrors Scouted. Lawrence. July 17. The Associated Executivecommittee of Frieuds on Indian Affairs, in session here, having under con sideration the present condition of agen-oies under their care, have adopted the following minute, to-wit : Whilst we recognize the exigencies of the situation in which our agent, John D. Miles, has been placed, as set forth in a telegram of the 7th inst. Bent by him to the Commissioner of Indian Affaire, and consider that great allowance is due him under these trials in judging oi nis course, yet it is tne opinion oi mis committee, after having given him a full hearing, that some of bis acts and tbe warlike terror of the dispatch above referred to, show that he is not sufficiently in harmony with the principles upon which our work among the Indians is based, and henoo wo would kinrlly requeot hia resignation of his office. It is with regret that the com mlllee have been forced to tbe above conclusion, ana mey aesu-e, in communicating it to him, to assure him of their feelings of personal kindness toward him. AdviceB are received that of the tribes under their charge a large part are in a prosperous condition. Civil order is well preserved among ine scnoois, ana inaus-trial operations are flourishing. In the three southwestern agencies, chiefly owing to the intrusion of white men wlio kin buffalo, trade in whisky and steal horses, some of the chiefs and young men of a few tribes have resolved on restoration. Small war parties have attacked one train, a few ranches and the buttalo hunt ers in the Pan Handle of Texas. We are hopeful of order and that quiet may soon be restored. By direction of the Commissioner. Cyrus Beebe, Clerk, pro tern. WASHINGTON. NEW INDIAN BOARD. Washington, July 17. The new Board of Indian Peace Commissioners met at the Interior Department to-day. There were present Mrssrs. Wibley, nek. Lone. Roberts and Smith. Messrs. But ler and Turney were absent, and mere are .. ; . l' 11 .J A. inree vacancies nui uueu. m uiainiiw-tion was effected by the election of Fisk Chairman, and Smith Secretary. An Executive committee was cnosen oi 8mith. Roberts and Butler, and a Pur chasing committee consisting of Sibley, Kutler. Turnev and Lone, ine commis sioners made a formal official call on the Acting Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Anairs. SALES OF STAMPED ENVELOPES. The effect of the reduction of rates on envelopes from eighteen to eight cents, is shown in an increase 01 sales, uunng the last anarter of the fiscal year there were 1,000,000 issued, while the number issued for the entire year ending June 4U, 1873. wss but 2.202 500. During the year endinr June 30. 1874. there were $138,- 8I5,oUO stamped envelopes sold oy ine Poatoffice Denarlment through postmas ters, being an increase over tbe preceding year of about $UUU,UUU. , GENERAL SHERIDAN has forwarded through General Sherman a request to be allowed to use the Sixth cavalry for offensive operations against the Indians, and advocating generally an offensive policy as more effective and more economical than a defensive one, BANK NOTE REDEMPTION. The Treasury of the United States to day received $704,628 in National Bank notes Tor redemption, making tne total amount to date o,lbo,A)3. Weather Probabilities. Washington. July 17. For New Eng land and the Middle States clear or fair weather will prevail with southeast to annthwest winds, slight changes in tern perature and falling barometer during Saturday. For South Atlantic and Gulf States partly cloudy and warm weather, with east winds and no decided change in bar ometer. For Tennessee and Uhio Valley, the Lake region and Northwest partly cloudy weather and light local rains with south east to southwest winds, stationery to rising temperature and falling barometer north of Ohio valley and in the Northwest . Fall or Iater-ftlate Bridge. Cibcthhati, July 17. The suspension bridge, nearly completed, over Whitewater river, at Harrison, built at the expense of Hamilton county, Ubio, and Dearborn county, Indiana, and connecting the two States, fell into the river last night owing to incomplete anchorage. Tbe bridge cost fou,uW, loss estimated at 42,WU, FOREIGN. ENGLAND. ANNEXATION OF FIJI. London, July 17. In tbe House of Lords this afternoon the Earl of Carnar- van, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, stated that her Majesty's Government was ready to accept the cession of the Fiji Islands if it was made unconditional, but the sixteen conditions proposed by Fiji are not acceptable. The Government of New South Wales has been Instructed to submit the views of the Government on the matter to the King ana inhabitants of fiji Islands. FRANCE. MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS. Paris, July 17. There are discussions tn the Ministry upon questions of general policy, but no change in the Government other than retirement of M. Magna is ex pected to take place before the debate of next Monday, on M. Ventavon's report irom tbe committee of Thirty.. SPAIK. CARLIST FEROCITY. Paris, July 17. The Madrid journals state that tbe Carlists have seized a number of men, women and children on the Contabrian coast and in Bscsy, numbering in all 1600 persons, and held them as hostages to be shot in case of attack by the Republicans. A Man Kills hi Wire' Bedneer. Louisville, July 17. A special to the Courier-Journal says Daniel Matheney was shot in his own store at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to-day by James Slaughter. Slaughter alleged a criminal intimacy between his wife and Matheney, which the latter admitted, and Slaughter drew a pistol and. fired, indicting a fatal wound. The entire Harrodsburg bar volunteered to defend Slaughter. BT MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The journeyman tailors of Omaha are on a strike on account of employer reducing prices. Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile in 2:16 at East Saginaw, Michigan, Thursday, beating e uiierton. The late Jeremiah Kingman, of Bar- rington, Mass., left in his will $10,000 to fmllips Academy, in i-xeter, Aew Hamp shire. The steamships Great Western from Bristol, Colina from Antwerp and Wis consin irom .Liverpool, have arrived at New York. A corporal's detachment of six United 8tates soldiers was attacked by twenty In- tans near the mouth or DeerUreek, Wy oming, on tbe loth. The Indians were repulsed. Ratifications of the postal convention between the United States and France were exchanged yesterday at the Post-office Department, and the convention will be carried into operation on the 1st of August. Professor Watson, of the University of Michigan, accompanied by other astronomers, left Omaha yesterday on their way to stations in China and Japan, where they will observe the transit of Venus. Four car loads of astronomical instruments preceded them. Ohio. A prisoner charged with burglary broke jail at Canton Thursday. The Chillicothe Advertiser Is reported sold, but to whom is not stated. Hlaat fnvnnp TCn 1 nf fllanliiinvillo which has been for Borne time idle, has blown in again. David Wallace sr.. the oldest citizen of Tuscarawas county, died recently at JNew Philadelphia. He was a native of ire- land. The Ripley Bee has been bought by S. J. Housh, who will change its name to Kipley Independent, and n.ake its poli tics what that name signifies. The Pike county Republican expresses the opinion that tbe lands of that county are depreciating by reason of improper farming and lack of fertilization. Isaac Lumbreek. an old citizen of Chil licothe, and one of the wealthiest in tbe county, died Thursday morning of congestive cholera morbus, aged seventyfive. The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Val ley railroad has been placed in the hands of E. B. Thomas as receiver. Mr. Thomas 4ias made no change in the general officers of tbe road. Uriah Miner, switchmaster at Leavitts- burg, on tbe Atlantic and Ureat western railroad, married, aged about forty years, was run over by a train Wednesday night, severing his tbigb. He died in a lew hours. . A little boy while at play, ran on the track of the Cleveland. ML Vernon and Delaware railroad at rtewhurg, ihursday. and was struck bv tbe enrine of a nassen- ger train and thrown a considerable dis tance, lie died a few minutes alter. A train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railway ran over a three year old child near Dover last week. The child being struck by the engine was thrown into the cattle guard, where it lay until the whole train passed over, and escaped all injury except a slight scratch and bruise or two. A Successful Conundrum. "John has never given you a ring ?" said Katie's sister to her one day. John was Katie s lover. shake of her head. "And he never will until you ask him for it." returned the sister. "Then 1 fear 1 shall never get one," was the reply. "Of course you never will. John is too stupid to think of such things, and you can never pluck up courage to ask for one; it follows tbat you will never get one. This set Katie to thinking, and to what purpose we shall see. That evening her lover came to see her. He was very proud and very happy, for the beautiful girl by his side had been for several weeks pledged to marry him as soon as the business could be properly done, and John was a grand good fellow, too, notwithstanding hia obliviousness to certain polite matters. "John," said Katie, at length, looking up with an innocent smile, "do you know what a conundrum is?" "Why, it'sa puule a riddle," answered John. "Do you think you could ask me one I could not guess ?" "I don't know, I never thought of such things. Could you ask me one ?" "I could try.'' "Well. try. Katie." "Then answer this: Why is the letter D like a ring 7" John puizled his brain over the prob lem for a long time, but was hnally forced to give it up. "I don't know. Katie. Why is it T "Because," replied the maiden, with a very soft blush creeping np to ber temples, "re cannot be vtd without it V In less than a week from that date Katie had her engagement ring. Or course it is considerable of an accomplishment for a woman to be able to converse in seven languages, but it is more to her credit if she can hold her tongue in one. DIED. Esslish Baldwin, infant son of Lorenso and Mary English. Funeral from family residence, 226 East ? 1 i1 auuu 1 , mat., at 4 p. m. Dispatch and 8unday Newscopy.1 Lake" Breeze Kesort. THERE HAS JPST BEBrfCOMPLETED a Hotel at this place for the accommodation of pleasure s.vkera and persons needing rest. The rooms are large and pleasant. part of them in suits, for tbe accommodation ana com tort 01 famines, ine House stands within two hundred feet of the beach of the Lake, where there ia good bathing. Swings, Croquet Grounds, Yachts and How Boats are kept for the especial use of guests, with no extra charge for the same. A trusty and competent sailor is employed to manage the boats. So many families coming to this favored locality for health, qniet and rest, we have built this house with reference to their comfort, and no pains will be spared to make this A PLEASANT SUMMER RESORT. The tables are abundantly supplied with fresh milk, ft uit and vegetables raised on the place. The lake breezes make the air pure and invigorating, and invalids experience good results at once, and usually after a short time are able to take long walks on the beach. Tbis nlace is situated nine miles dlreetlr north of Klyria, four from Black River and twenty-two from Cleveland. Persons de-Birlng to visit here can stop off at Elyria ai d take carriages over a beautiful drive to the Lake or take the L. 8. & T. V. railroad to Black River, from which the hack will take them to Lake Breeze. Price, Ten Do'lara per Week. Children half price or less, according to age. jai iekkcll, rrop'r. PostofiTce address. Sheffield Lake. Lorain County, Oi'io. jyl8 s tn 8t lor4p NEW SINGING BOOKS The Leader! By n. R. Palmer, assis ed by L. O.Emerson. Choirt, Conventions and Singing Oiasbes will welcome this new Church Music Book, filled with new tune,an . thems, cbants, etc.. etc., all of the best quality. Price, $1.38 or $12.00 per dozen. TTtE HOIS (i MONARCH! By H. R Palmer, assisted bv L. O. Emerson. Especially for Singing Classes. First 86 pages contains the elementary course, the same as that in the Leader, which course is followed by more than 100 pages filled with the moat interesting Secular and Sacred Mu sic for practice. Equal to tbe Song King in interest, trice, 70 els., or 7.50 per dozen. American School Musio Readers. Three carefully graded Song Books for Common Schools, by L. O. Emerson and W. S. Tilden. Book 1st. For Primary Schools, price 35c. Book 2d. For Lower "Grammar" Clsssei, price 60c. Book 3d. For Higher "Grammar" Classes, price 60c. The Chorus is easy, progressive, interesting and has been morouguiy tested in scdooib near oosron. UUA8. H. 1J1TSUW lU., 711 Broadway, New York. OLIVER DITSON k CO., Boston jyl7wftswtf VERTIF1CA TE OF COMPLIANCE FOR PUB- 'LICA TION. ( To be published at least once a year in every County where there is an Agent.) STATE OF OHIO, 1 Insurakce Department, i-Colcbbub. July 17, 1874. J WHEREAS, THE EQUITABLE LIFE Assurance Society of the U nited States, located at New York,ln theState of New York, hca HUi in it.! .(Bo. .fl.rn.nl l,v the proper officers thereof, showing its condi tion ann mifliness,ana nas complied, in an respects, with the laws of tbis btate' relating to Life Insurance Companies, organized bv act of Conpress, or by or under the laws of anr other States of tbe United States; Now. Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, William t. uinircn, superintendent ot in surance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that said Company is authoriz ed to transact its appropriate business of Life Insurance in this State, in accordance with law, during the current year. Tbe condition and business of said Company at the date ot such statement (.Dec. 31, 1873), is snown as iouows : Amount of Joint Stock or Guarantee Capital paid up.. $100,000 00 Aggregate amount ot admitted Asseis 22,678,069 93 u nadmitted Assets amounting to... $200,358 92 Aggregate amount of Liabili ties, including 1,218,-819 00 for reinsurance re serve 19.856.450 00 Amount ot income tor tan pre- c ding tear in cash 9,800.180 DO Amount ot expenditures tor tbe preceding year in cash. 6,600,058 01 In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name, and caused tbe seal. Seal of my office to be affixed ine aay ana year anove written. WM. F. UHURUH, Superintendent. S.G. H ARB AUGH, Agent It AT COI.CltIBl'8, OHIO. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR PUB LICA TIO N. To be published at least ones a year m every County where there is an Agent.) STATE OP OHIO, Insurance Department, Columbus, July 10, 1874. HTHEREAS. THE PHENIX 1NSUR- VV ANCuCompany.located at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, has filed in this office a sworn statement, by the proper officers thereof, showing its condition and business, and has complied in all rttpects wilh the laws of this state, relating to Fir-Insurance Companies incorpurated oy other states of tbe U nited states; Now, therefore, in pursuance of law, I. William t. Church, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Company is author- ized to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance in this State in accordance with law, during the current year. The condition and business of said Company, at the date of such statement (Dec. 31, 1873), is shown as follows: Aggre2ate amount of available Assets $2,008,9 17 05 Aggregate amount of Liabilities (except capital), including reinsurance 825,738 72 Net assets $1,183,208 33 Amount ot actual paid up Capital 1,000,000 00 Surplus $183,208 33 Amount of Income for the year in cash 1,750,621 25 Amount of Expenditures for the year in cash 1,665,268 07 la Witness WnxREor, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal Seal of my office to be affixed the day and year above written. WM. F. CriURCU, Superintendent. GILL te BROCK. Agenti It' AT COLCMIl'l, OHIO. J. H. & F. L. OLDS, ARCHITECTS. 0l?lc -NO. 3 CONVERSE BUILDING, SS EAST STATE STREET, COLTjatUTS, OHIO. All kinds of Measuring and Estimating done For uontranors. renin em f Banal to tha best and cbeoo PrlatlBg, as the cheapest, at tbe OU (HH.aiUl CB,IZI,9,AJB,2,FSOMPLIAN for PUB-tn mery County whtre thm it an Jtumt.) STATE OP nnm STATE OF OHIO, Iksubanob Department, CotUMBCB. Julv 9. 1RT1 4- J WHEREAS, THE COMMERCIAL UDlOn Infill r An -? flnmnan,, 1 .1 i. London, m the United Kingdom of Great Untain and IrelAnri a tV;.,., v. t ance Com Dan v. is tvihrpkopH ne f i . tne amount of antnui rnnifi similar companies formed under the nrovia- nna ne L. -.a j 11. , . 1 . ui o vuuuea An act to regulate Insurance ComnAnim rinfnn on Tnt..K1nA business in the State of Ohio," passed April 27th, 1872, and the acta amendatory thereof and . Alinnlmnroi-i tl,aM Anj has deposited with . the Superintendent or Insurance of the State of Ohio, in trust for the benefit and security of ita policy-holders residing in the State of Ohio, a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars in stocks and securities required and aUowed by said acts, and has filed in this office a certified copy of its charter or deed of settlement, and a detailed statement of its ' assets and liabilities, and evidences of investments, and otherwise complied with all the requisitions of the said acta, which are applicable to foreign Fire Insurance Companies,'! partnerships and associations; Now, Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, . William F. Cburch, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Company is authorized to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance in this State, in accordance with law, during the current year. The condition and business of said Company, Dec. 31, 1872, ',&s shown by statement of home office made to this Department, is as follows: Amount of actual paid up Capital 250,000 Aggregate amount of avail- . able Assets 1,026,412 6 9 Aggregate amount of Liabilities (except capita), including reinsurance 642,416 11 11 Amount of In ome for the preceding yearincasb 612,556 8 1 Amount of Eipendii ures for the preceding year in cash 556,942 11 6 The condition and business of tbe United States or American Branch, December 31, 1873, is shown by statement, as follows: Aggregate amount of available assets in the United Stales $502,886 54 Aggngaie amount of l iabilities in tbe United States, including - reinsurance 322, 883 53 Amount of Income for the preceding year in cash in the United States 656,637 16 Amount of Expenditures for tbe preceding year in cash in the United Stales 503,577 32 Ik Withiss Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal Feal of my office to be affixed, the day and j ear above wntten. WM. F. CHURCH, Superintendent. ; GILL 6c BROCK, Agents It AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED by tbe Commissioners of Con struction of the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, at 01enwood(nearColumbns,Ohio,)un-til 4 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, 19th Bay of Ancast, A. B. 174, For the Carpenter and joiner work, and paintingand glussingof thefour(4) extension wings of tbe building now in process of erection. Plans, drawings and specifications of the same may be seen at the office of the Arcbi-C "fton. Ilia nrmnnrla Each bid to be accompanied by a guaranty, with proper security in the penal sum of fifteen hundred dollars, that if accepted the party or parties proposing will enter into and faithfully execute the contract. 1 he Board reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Proposals must be addressed to Geo. W. Manypennv. Esq.. President nf tha fWrri nf Commissioners, Columbus, Ohio, and in-, uorsea - rroposais lor Uarpenter and Joiner Work," etc. Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum. By order ot Commissioners. T. R. TINSLET, jy!6 23 30 an6 12 Architect. vlxi Notioo. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Citt Clerk's Office, Colojiucs, Ohio, July 14, 1874. J Notice is herebv ffiven that nnv.nHinir, hnv. been instituted in the City Council of Colutn- uub, iur maitiug me louowing improvements, to-wit: ror DaVtDff the Aaat a'dA nf Parlr Atrant.. frnm Gooriale street to Buttles avenue; estimated cost, J711.60. Also, to ex'end Oak street, from Parsons av enue to intersect oak atreet on south line of bartlitl's addition. The same to be done in accordance with pla'a and estimates to be prepared by the City I iv,l Engineer, and filed in thA ntn,A nf Hia Citv Clerk. 11 persons claiming damageB on account of said proposed impro-remeQta, are required to file their claims in the office of the Clerk, in writing, on or before the lath day . of August, A. D. 1874. . ' FRANK WILSON, City Clerk. : ' July 14, A. D. 1874. jyie ltaw4w SEALED PROPOSALS WILL RE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF the City Clerk, in Columbus, Ohio, until Monday, the 27th Day of July, 1874, At 12 o'clock noon, for furnishing the materials and doing the following work, to-wit: For grading and graveling the roadway of Hound street, from High atreet to Columbus and Hocking Valley railroad. For grading and paving the sidewalks on both sides of University atreet, from High street to Uamlot street F r unidins and nsvinir the cutters and set. ting the curb on north side of Mound street, from the Ohio emu! to the west aide of Columbus and nocking Valley railroad. or grading and bouldering the gutters on Columbus street, frbin Fourth street to Fifth street. Each bid must contain the full namea of all the parties interested in the same, and must be ao-. oompanied with good and sufficient aeenrity main ineoia snail oe accepted, ine contract will be entered into and the work faithfully performed.The City Council reserves the right to rejeoi any or all bida at diacretion. JWIAU Klff-VrJAK, Citv Civil Engineer. City Civil Engineer's Office, in New City Hall ,iyi ziaw iw XetT7-lzxs Notice. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COSCERH Citt Clrbs's Orrtca, 1 k Coimaca, 0., June 29, 1874. f NOTICE W HEREBY GIVEN THAT PROCEEDINGS have been institnted in the City Council of Columhm, for making the following Improvements, tn.wit : For grading the roadway of Raird street, from Montgomery atreet to Oharlea atreet; estimated coat, $.1.16. The same to be done in accordance with plata and estimates to be prepared bv the City Civil Engineer, and Bled in the office of tha City Clerk. All persons claiming damages on account of said proposed improvementa are required to file their claima id lbs office of the Clerk, io writing, on or before the 2d Hay of August, A. D. 1874. FRANK WIL60N, City Clerk. July S, 1874. jyll ltaw 4w JPOH. WAT.Til AT THIS OFFICE By tha pound or by the handled. Storekeepers will realise a saving by osingtbem aa wrapping paper

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Visitors who desire views of our State Capitol, the new Blind Institute, the new Insane Hospital, the new Deaf and Dumb Institute, the Hospital for Imbecile Youth and many other prominent buildings, with a history of each, and other valuable information, can obtain the same in Studer's History of this city, tfhe work is substantially bound in cloth and is furnished with the Weekly Ohio State Journal for' one year, at the low price of $2.50. . Address . COMLY FRANCISCO, . Colnmbns, Ohio. The new Board of Indian Peace Commissioners met and organized yesterday. The applications to the Treasury from the WeBt and South for National banking capital, have amounted thus far to four millions. General Sheridan is impatient to get after the raiding red men. He would like to let loose his cavalry upon them immediately. The editor of the Dayton Journal will now be more inconsolable than ever. A Western Ohio Fair is to be established at Piqua. This will throw the Dayton pumpkin show into a complete eclipse. The Cincinnati Enquirer would like to see the Hon. George H. Pendleton made President of the Pan-Handle railway. It will never be satisfied until George H. is made President of something. . The British Government would be glad to accommodate the King of the Cannibal Islands with the annexation he desires, but his conditions, sixteen in number, are not acceptable. The King, with all his grandeur and greatness, is a terribly im pecunious person. Speaking of Mr. Jewett's election to the Erie presidency, the Pittsburg Chron- icle remarks that it was "certainly a great compliment," and that "it appears that fitness and capacity were the only reasons why the foreign shareholders of this cor poration made the choice." . The Chicago Tribune's Wednesday leader on the fire is entitled "A Cheap "Penalty for Amazing Folly." The folly referred to is that of building "thousands of wooden shanties" and allowing every man to "keep a tinder box and an oil fac tory where it suits him beat." We are indebted to Hon. James Wil lmma. Anditor of State, for a useful tabulation of Ohio railway values as fix- ed bv the State Board of Equalization, By reference to this table, which will be found elsewhere, it will be seen that the aggregate of valuation for 1874, as fixed by the Board, amounts to $85,280,855, an increase over 1873 of J6,0fi7,3Uo. Two leading planks of the Indiana Democratic platform are redemption of the five-twenty bonds in greenbacks and abolition of National banks. If we could have fifteen hundred millions of irredeemable currency in circulation, and unlimited sbinplaaters besides, it is supposed the average Indiana Democrat would be perfectly happy. General Garfield pointedly and emphatically denies the statement that his private secretary has been paid on the rolls of the House of Representatives without performing any public duty, says no clerk or secretary has done an hour's work on his private correspondence at public expense, and that whatever aid of this kind he has had baa been paid for out of his own pocket. The new Atlantic cable, the laying of which between Halifax and Bye Beach New Hampshire, has just been completed is expected to transmit messages between New York and London at rates much be low those charged by existing lines. It will be nsed exclusively by the Atlantic and Pacific compsay which already con trols about 15,000 miles of land wire, with several thousand miles mora in course of construction. The company proposes to place automatic telegraphs long the rentes of the principal railways, and expects to have ita cable laid and ready for business by August 25. MS According to the Brooklyn Argus Mr, Beecher'a statements in regard to the ac- ousatlons made against him by Theodore Tilton is in the hapds of his friends and ready to be presented to the Plymouth Church investigating committee. It is pronounced a manly and straightforward document, unequivocally denying Til ton's charges and all stories of similar im port which have been set afloat. It is also in the nature of a counter charge, affirming, as it does, that Mrs. Tilton complained to Mr. Beecher of her husband's infidelity and asked his advice in the capacity of her friend and pastor as to the course she should pursue. Mr. Beecher advised separation, but after ward repented of this, and concluding that he may have wronged Mr. Tilton wrote to him the apology which the latter quoted and construed as a confession of criminal intimacy. On the other hand, Mr. Tilton's state ment, now preparing, is said to be weak and evasive. Instead of bringing toward the Droof of his specifio accusations, he Will, it is affirmed, launch into a series of general charges, with the view of showing Mr. Beecher's general unfitness 10 occupy a Christian pulpit. This would be weak indeed, and after so much threatening and bluster, would not only fall exceedingly flat, but be taken as virtually a complete breakdown. Tilton had bet ter come squarely up to the mars ana maintain his accusations or let us con clude at once that he is a slanderer and a humbug. The crisis of this wretched and disgusting business, and let us hope its end, is evidently near at hand, and will result in a popular verdict against one or the other of the principal parties implicated that will probably be final and sweeping. The Quaker Indian Agent, who manu factured the recent scare on the Kansas border, and telegraphed to Washington a somewhat frantic appeal for troops to sup press imaginary prowling redskins, has been asked by an authorized committee of his sect to resign. He is not a representative man of peace. The Saratoga boat race was again post poned yesterday, this time on account of high wind. PERSONS AND THINGS. Affecting sight Barrels in tiers. The Agassiz memorial fund amounts to $112,060. An Illinois man has a family of fifteen grown-up children, nbt one of whom has ever been in the penitentiary. "Lenny, you're a pig," said a father to his five year c'd boy. "Now, do you know what a pig is, Lenny?" "Yes, pa; a pig is a hog's little boy." It occurred to a Danbury scholar, while writing a composition, last week, to make the remarkable statement "an ui Joes nut taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster." Next to music, nothing bo powerfully tends to soothe the savage breast as to see the yourg man who parts his hair in the middle shoving a baby wagon on Sunday. So many people are out of employment iust now that there iB everywhere a great rush for situations. Iwelve poor oeviis have already signified their willingness to become Governor of New Jersey. Another affecting extract from a Phil arlelnhia obituary poem has appeared. It reads: Put away those little breeohes, Do not try to mend the hoi e ; Little Ji.hnny does not want them i - He has climbed the golden pole. A Mississippi doctor gave a Memphis man a box of anti-bilious pills the other day. with directions written on the box to "take one pill five times a day.", ine pill thus to be taken was probably made ot cast-iron. Aunt Bella (who has just read aloud "The Burial of Sir John Moore") "Now, then, which of the verses do you like best?" Jack (with alacrity) "O ! I know 'Few and short were the prsyers we said.' "Punch. A wag with the word "whoa," brought a horse, driven by a young man, to a dead stop. "That's a fine beast of your's," says the wag. "Yes, a pretty good sort of an animal, but he has one fault. He was once owned by a butcher, and is sure to stop when he hears a calf bleat." Wag doesn't say "whoa" to that horse any more. Poor Max Adeler 1 Hear what he has to say about a hotel clerk : "I can shake hands with a Governor, sit beside an Al derman, and smoke with a State Senator, and never feel mv littleness: but when I come to stand in the presence of a modern hotel clerk, I feel that awe and inferiority 1 , . . f..l n. tXtav ulor( in Yn. which tourists feel as they stand in Yo- Semite Valley and look up at the moun tain tops a thousand feet above." Tbe Atlantic Cable. Tl, nable of 1866. it will be remem be red, was broken last year, and could not rut nam lor. ine transmission ui vitr grams business having during the winter and spring been conunwi tu ms m lih nrl the f rencn caoie. ine annuuuw ment is now made that on Tuesday the broken cable was successfully repaired, nil in now in workin order. All three are in operation, and tueAngio-Amen-can cable company will soon lay a fourth. The opposition cable, the section of which between naiuax ana new naniuu finished a few days ago, will also be completed across the ocean in a short time. With five cables between England and America, there is no reason why the present exorbitant tolls should not be reduced.Tna woman suffrasn constitutional amendment, submitted to the last Legis- Utiin nf Michigan. Is now nemo- can- nl. At Traverse City, the other day, a circular was left at every house propounding to each woman over twentyone yean oi age me louowing ijiiauuua i "1. Do von want to vote! "i. If no to the first qnestion, answer this: In ease it shrald be decided that women be allowed to vote, would yon wntm nn nnntione of temperance and moral or political reform?" Tk tn ttm firat nnMtion were. veas 42. nays 95, blank 66: to the second qnestion, yeas iw, naya a, viau va. OHIO RAILWAYS. Statement or the Property or Ball-way Companies In Ohio In 1S78 and 1874, Fixed by the State Board or Equalisation. Val uea aB fix- Values aa fix- ad by Slate eil by Btate Board ot Board of names or a. a. Equaliaa- Equalisa tion, 1874. tion, 1873. Ashta. Young. Pitta t 662,948 t 384,760 3,260,660 Atlantic 4 Groat West ... 3,346,68 A. 0. W., Agent for U. 8. Rolling siock uo.... Oil, Mil A. U. Cleveland Mahoning valley div... ,uid,iku 1,963,670 A. G. WT, Agent II. 8. Rolling stock on v. M. V. Dir. 608, "85 B. 4 0., Central Ohio Div. 1,020,810 B. A O., Lake Erie Div... 1,170,316 1,708,268 ' 879,801 265,860 16,601 4',0l'li 40,100 3,672,843 208,666 736,337 1.162,223 303,093 1,062,726 1,274,327 8,701,261 1,263,065 S,'m',3C3 1,428,817 B. 4 O , Straitsville Div.. 976,60) B. 4 O., Washington CO.. 17,770 Bait.. Pitta. AChie. 487,062 Carrollton 4 Oneida 4,000 Ohio. Canada Southern. 61,708 Cin. Hamil'n Dayt'n.... 3,062,183 Cin.Hainil'nADay'nAIn- Indianapolis (Junction). 207,413 Cin., Indiana 4 Lafayette 738,240 Cln. 4 MuBking'm Valley l,ll,a2T Cin,, Rich. 4 Chicago 893,807 Cin., Sand'y 4 Cleve 1,143,167 Cincinnati 4 Springfl ld... 1,426,171 Clev., Col., Cin. 4 lodiap. 0,621,328 Clev., Mt. Ver'n 4 Dela... . 1,666,330 Cleveland 4 Newburgh.... to.000 Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh... 8,069,026 Col bus 4 licking Valley 1,136,788 Col. 4 Hocking Valley, Straitsville urancn a,n,w Col., Springn'd4Cincin.. 483,088 248,976 1.90O.741 Dayton 4 Michigan 1,873,177 Davton 4 Un on 201,702 361.818 72,129 44,600 109,760 218,626 13,981,633 032,780 04,6 2 276,500 264,172 2,968,068 370,560 024,686 60,051 4,774,136 2,639,004 2,377,412 11,883,076 24,810 15,000 Harrison Branch 71,617 Hayden'a Switch 69,ouu Iron Railroad 161,304 I.aKn Eri4 Loaisvillle.. 612.244 Lake Shore 4 Michigan - Southern 14,226,630 Lak e Shore 4 Tuscarawas Va ev 066,530 Lawrence Branch 04,672 Mahoning Coal 400,128 Mansfield, Coldwater 4 Lake Michmim ihi.im Mnrietta 4 Cincinnati.... ,1,211,863 Marietta 4 Pittsburg.... 404,148 Ohio 4 Mississi pi 037,041 f aineavuie et xoungat 11. 021,010 Pitts., Cin. 4 Ht. Louis, yittle Miami Div 4,317.384 Pitts, Cin 4 St. Louis, Pan-Handle Div 2,780,733 Pitts Cin. 4 St. Louis, C C. 4 I. C D v 2,60T,ooo Pitts. Ft Wayne tChica. 11,436,316 Rockv River '.. 24,810 Salineville Branch 16,000 Toledo, Canada Southern 4 Detroit n.em Toledo 4 State Line - 20,860 Toledo, Tiffin 4 East'rn.. 380,171 Tol., Wab. 4 Western.... 041,201 230,910 777,255 Totals $86,280,855 870,213,550 Valuations as returned by County Auditors $84,008,232 Total additions by State Board of equalization i,ivu,oui Total $86,818,534 Reductions by State Board of Equali zation uv,,u,? Valuations as fixed by State Board of equalization floi,oo.ow Net amount added by State Board... 682,03 Iuorease of valuations over 1873 0,067,305 A reduction of $1000 per mile between Co lumbus and Newark, distance 33 miles. Iron Market. Youngstown (O.) Tribune 1 Sales of pie iron, the past week, have fallen off measureably, but the price remains firm, and purchasers are gradually stiffening in their views. We have infor mation ot several consumers onering large orders at prevailing prices, for future delivery, which offers were declined by the furnace companies. There is not much pig iron being produced in the Mahoning Valley, for the general market, and there is no reason why, if iron advances, the furnaces should not have the benefit of such advance. The price may still be fairly quoted at twenty-five dollars per ton at furnace, and this price, it ia patent to all who are at all familiar with the subject, leaves no margin for the producers. It is the belief of well informed parties that pig iron will go to about thirty dol lars a ton in nttsourg during me next thirty days. There has been, and continues to be, an increaaed inquiry for bar iron, mostly trom Eastern bouses. Home large orders have been placed, and a great many more refused on account of low prices. A large proportion of the mills get orders from r. . , ... .i. r ine ftaBi, ana wuu uie wue(inuu u, iun prices, the orders are desirable, as the parties usually pay cash or buy on short time. Two and onehalf cents is considered the current price for common bar, which is down to ante-war prices. The rail mills seem to be the slowest to take a start, which would seem to indicate that ihpv were the worst hurt in the late finan cial unpleasantness. This is no doubt correct, as the rail mills are dependent upon a single intereati iur tucu wumii and until that interest revives not much, 1 . , r.. ,LJ. ki.Mnas. i f anything?, can be done. We see no rea son, however, why there should not be a MiAni for the better soon. The railroads are all running, and of course wearing out the rails and rolling stock, all of which must be Booner or la ter replaced or repaired, ana mey are likely to have a large increased business the coming tall in moving ine crops, which are reported to be unusually bountiful. We therefore feel safe in predict ing a moderately active business for the rail muis, commencing uui imer umu September. The London Boy. "T never iret tired of studying the Lon don boy," writes the Danbury News man. "He is always on the street, and always in the way. 1 never saw sucn a ooy in any other city. He is not quarrelsome, not saucy, not addicted to smoking, and I never heard one of them swear, even under the most favorable circumstances. To tell the truth, I never heard them say much of anything. He is a helpless youth, addicted to store windows, rubbing against buildings, and toppling over obstructions. He has a dreadful tendency to be always backing up against some-rhinor. and always missine it. to the detri ment of his bones. Only they do not fall with sufficient force to break a bone.a I have seen one of them slide from the side of a lamn oost. turn a part summersault, recover himself, hit up against the post again, slip ofi the curb, and gradually get down on his back in the gutter taking in all some dozen seconds to do it, while an American boy would go down and stave a hole in the back of his head, and make a doctor's bill of $18 in leas than a second. "Yoo never saw such a happy lot of nennle as we had here yesterday," said landlady to a newly arrived guest; "there thirteen couples of them." "What ! thirteen couples iust married?" "Oh no, air; thirteen couples just aivorcea. ... - , . ... , At the present time Russia furnishes all the platinum used in the world. The annual production aoes noi exceed ww pounds, and o'ten lalis mucn oeiow mai amount. It is worm 90 10 90 per peuna TlrPTHitRiA prevails in New York. 64 cases being reported in one week. Over sixty per rent of the mortality from the disease is among children under five years of age. The hats designed for croquet are Japanese' shape, and entirely covered with white muslin, finished by black velvet bow in the center. Dora Piatt says the proper thing to do when yonr horse is running away is "to hold fast to your seat and say your prayers; anyhow, hold fast to your seat." The steamship Denmark, from New York, has arrived at Liverpool. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL Night Dispatches. MT. VEENON. Arrested for violating- Bevenue - Laws City t'ounell. Speoial to th Ohio Btate Journal, ' Mt. Verkon, July 17.--A man named Humphries, residing near Fredenckstown in this coukty, was arrested yesterday by U. S. Deputy Marshal Steele and taken to Cleveland, charged with having been en gaged in selling whisky without license, in violation of the Internal Revenue laws. He was held to answer at the October term of the U. S. District Court. . Dnar dava and the comet, taken to gether, have so fuddled the brains of the City Council that but little Has oeen aone of late. They did manage to get a resolution n n to reouire the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad company to take np their platform at a point where no pavement is needed, and have totally neglected to put one down at the approaches of the Cleve land, Mt. Vernon and Uolumuusrauroaa, where one is needed very badly, where, in the fall and winter, the mud is anywhere between one and fifteen hundred feet deep. BEECHER'S EESPONSE. What tbe Plymouth Pastor Pro poses to Hay In Reply to Tilton He Denies the Lalter'a Accusations and Explains Hie Apolosrellc l.etler-Tlltou' statement an Eva alon and a Disappointment. New York, July 17. The Brooklyn Eagle says: "Mr. Beecher's statement, although not yet officially before the com mittee, is in the bands ot his iriendB, ana will be submitted as soon as Mr. Tiltons is out in. Gentlemen who have seen it spoke of it as a frank, straightforward, manly document. Mr. Jjeecner aaoresses lnuiBelf in detail to Tilton's case, ex plains the nature of his trouble with Tilton, denies that he ever made an impure intimation to Mrs. Tilton, and con cludes with an absolute and unequivocal denial of all other slanders which have been set in motion against him. He acknowledges that Mrs. Tilton complained to him of her hUBband, that she spoke of his infidelity and cited instances, spoke of his going with strange women and proved that her statement was true, and nnany oeggea mm (Beecher) to advise her as a man and minister what to do. Mr. Beecher after long deliberation and considerable hesitancy advised her if Bhe felt she could not reclaim her husband to leave him. After time Mr. Beecher felt he had made a mistake in giving this advice. He thought that perhaps if left to the impulses of his own generous nature Tilton would have abandoned the Btrange women alter wnom be had been running, and return to the peace of his own household. In this condition of mind he apologized to Tilton for what he had done, promised to extend to him the right-hand of fellowship in future and to bury the past utterly. "Tilton e forthcoming statement win, it said, disappoint the public generally. The supposition has been that he would undertake to prove tbat Mr. ueectier naa done him a giaye personal injury, that tie wouia speunj evidence of its reality. Now it is understood he has resolved to remain reticent in recrard to his own family, but will go into the general scandal. In other words he will attempt to show that Mr. Beecher outraged not the Tiltons, but some other house, lie reasons in tnis way: -my proposition is that Mr. Beecher is not a man to occupy a vnrisiian puipn. What Beecher has done to me is my own affair. Public interest is properly in my main proposition, and in support of it I submit the following statement.' This document, there is good reason for stating, will affect the character of two other women beside Mrs. Tilton. The consistency of Mr. Tilton's position will be beBt judged ot by tbe public wnen nis statement appears and its contents are compared with his promises." The Argus states tnai wnen rar. Beecher reduced his statement to writing he submitted it to a friend, with the remark that it was the paper he intended to lay before the investigating committee; that the friend to whom the statement wan eiven read it carefully, and then returned ii 10 jir. retainer, naying w uiiu, , . . 1 1 n i 1. : "I advise you not to present tbat paper to the committee;" that Mr. Beecher asking for the reason of such advice, the reply was, "Because Mr. Tilton s statement will shiver to pieceB;" tbat on further consul tation and the comparison oi views, mr, Beecher determined to follow tbe advice of his friend: that accordingly Mr Beech er's statement was not yet presented to the committee last night, and tbat insteaa of the statement Mr. Beecher sent a note to the committee, in which he announced that he had not prepared any evidence to be submitted to that body. SARATOGA. Another Failure and Disappoint ment Tbe Rowing; Race Again Postponed. Saratoga, July IT. The morning broke brightly and calm. Ke ports from the lake were promising, ana up to- i p. m. it was stated there was every probability that the race would be rowed. This sent large numbers out wno were 10m 10 make the venture again. At o p. m. wora came from the starting point that the pros pect for a start was good. At ten minutes nast 6 o'clock. The first gun was fired at the foot of the lake, which was greeted with cheers by the immense crowd. At 6:20 a second gun wss fired, and in five minutes more the third discharge was heard. At 7:22 the fourth gun was heard, which it was thought was a signal for tak ine positions. From that time until 8:30 nothing was heard fiom the starting point. It then became so dark thai 11 was evi dent another postponement had taken place, which was the fsct. Word was brought that the race would be rowed as soon as tbe water was smootn enougn, which was rather vague. The sum of two thousand dollars was subscribed and presented to the Wesleyan crew to-day. right with Indiana In Texas. Galveston, July 17. A News special from Jackboro, Texas, of the 15th, via Dallas 17th. says that on the 12th Major Jones, with thirty four men, fought a large war party or Aiowas, uomancnea ana Apaches in Lost Valley. Jackson county, killing three and wounding three that were seen. It is supposed that others were killed and wounded among the rocks in the mountains. Major Jones lost two men killed and two wounded, and fifteen horses killed and wounded. The fight lasted three hours. The number of Indians said to be 125, all armed with breech loaders and well mounted. They nsed no arrows. The Indians retreated in a north westerly direction. Major Jones did not have sufficient force to pursue them. Large stock yards and a forty stall en gine house are to oe erecieq ai umana. TEE TUBF, tast Day of tbe Toledo Baee. ' Toledo, July 17. The three days' races closed to-day. The attendance was fully up to that of yesterday, and the track in fine condition, The race for 2:50' class, purse of $500, $300 to first horae, $150 to second, $50 to third, nine entries, was won by Mambrino Walker, of Coldwater, Mich., in three straight heats. Time 2:44 2:47. 2:42. Frank Rosewood, of Jackson, Mich., took the second money, and Inchworm, of Brownhelm, Ohio, the third. The free for all race, five entries, purse same as first race, was won by Fred Cooper, of Detroit, in three straight beats. Time 2:31, 2:32f, 2:31. General Sherman, of Coldwater, Mich., second, John H. third. A pacing race completed the performance, for which seven horses started. Jim, of Monroe, Michigan: Battling Jim, of Newark, Ohio, drawn. Purse same as others. ' The first heat was won by Sealskin, of Indianapolis, in 2:31, Copper-bottom and Cotton Picker distanced. The second, third and fourth beats were won by Sleepy George, of Steubenville, Ohio. Time,2:28fr, 2:32, 2:34; Sealskin second, John McNair, of Detroit, Michigan, third.. tirent Trot by Goldsmith Maid Time, 2:10. ' East Saginaw, Mich., July 16. In the race at the East Saginaw Driving Park to-day, for a special puree of $5000 and divide thus: $2500 to the first horse, $1500 to the second and $1000 to the horse which beat the best time on record Goldsmith Maid won in three straight heats, Time, 2:10!, 2:161, 2:16. The only contestant was Judge Fullerton. Both horses displayed splendid trotting. The only break in the three heats was made by Goldsmith Maid in the first quarter of the first heat, when she lost threee or four lengths, Judge Fullerton leading to the home-stretjh, when he was passed by the Maid, who won the heat by a length. Fullerton was beaten two lengths in the second heat and four in the third heat. Fullerton being driven by Dan Mace and the Maid by Budd Doble. Fullerton's time was 2:20, 2:18, 2:18. The track was in splendid condition. There were eight thousand people present. The track is one mile and three feet in length. ' LAWRENCE. A ttnaher Indian Agent Asked to Heslg-n by tbe Indian Committee of bl Heel HI Warlike AO vice Condemned and bla Terrors Scouted. Lawrence. July 17. The Associated Executivecommittee of Frieuds on Indian Affairs, in session here, having under con sideration the present condition of agen-oies under their care, have adopted the following minute, to-wit : Whilst we recognize the exigencies of the situation in which our agent, John D. Miles, has been placed, as set forth in a telegram of the 7th inst. Bent by him to the Commissioner of Indian Affaire, and consider that great allowance is due him under these trials in judging oi nis course, yet it is tne opinion oi mis committee, after having given him a full hearing, that some of bis acts and tbe warlike terror of the dispatch above referred to, show that he is not sufficiently in harmony with the principles upon which our work among the Indians is based, and henoo wo would kinrlly requeot hia resignation of his office. It is with regret that the com mlllee have been forced to tbe above conclusion, ana mey aesu-e, in communicating it to him, to assure him of their feelings of personal kindness toward him. AdviceB are received that of the tribes under their charge a large part are in a prosperous condition. Civil order is well preserved among ine scnoois, ana inaus-trial operations are flourishing. In the three southwestern agencies, chiefly owing to the intrusion of white men wlio kin buffalo, trade in whisky and steal horses, some of the chiefs and young men of a few tribes have resolved on restoration. Small war parties have attacked one train, a few ranches and the buttalo hunt ers in the Pan Handle of Texas. We are hopeful of order and that quiet may soon be restored. By direction of the Commissioner. Cyrus Beebe, Clerk, pro tern. WASHINGTON. NEW INDIAN BOARD. Washington, July 17. The new Board of Indian Peace Commissioners met at the Interior Department to-day. There were present Mrssrs. Wibley, nek. Lone. Roberts and Smith. Messrs. But ler and Turney were absent, and mere are .. ; . l' 11 .J A. inree vacancies nui uueu. m uiainiiw-tion was effected by the election of Fisk Chairman, and Smith Secretary. An Executive committee was cnosen oi 8mith. Roberts and Butler, and a Pur chasing committee consisting of Sibley, Kutler. Turnev and Lone, ine commis sioners made a formal official call on the Acting Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Anairs. SALES OF STAMPED ENVELOPES. The effect of the reduction of rates on envelopes from eighteen to eight cents, is shown in an increase 01 sales, uunng the last anarter of the fiscal year there were 1,000,000 issued, while the number issued for the entire year ending June 4U, 1873. wss but 2.202 500. During the year endinr June 30. 1874. there were $138,- 8I5,oUO stamped envelopes sold oy ine Poatoffice Denarlment through postmas ters, being an increase over tbe preceding year of about $UUU,UUU. , GENERAL SHERIDAN has forwarded through General Sherman a request to be allowed to use the Sixth cavalry for offensive operations against the Indians, and advocating generally an offensive policy as more effective and more economical than a defensive one, BANK NOTE REDEMPTION. The Treasury of the United States to day received $704,628 in National Bank notes Tor redemption, making tne total amount to date o,lbo,A)3. Weather Probabilities. Washington. July 17. For New Eng land and the Middle States clear or fair weather will prevail with southeast to annthwest winds, slight changes in tern perature and falling barometer during Saturday. For South Atlantic and Gulf States partly cloudy and warm weather, with east winds and no decided change in bar ometer. For Tennessee and Uhio Valley, the Lake region and Northwest partly cloudy weather and light local rains with south east to southwest winds, stationery to rising temperature and falling barometer north of Ohio valley and in the Northwest . Fall or Iater-ftlate Bridge. Cibcthhati, July 17. The suspension bridge, nearly completed, over Whitewater river, at Harrison, built at the expense of Hamilton county, Ubio, and Dearborn county, Indiana, and connecting the two States, fell into the river last night owing to incomplete anchorage. Tbe bridge cost fou,uW, loss estimated at 42,WU, FOREIGN. ENGLAND. ANNEXATION OF FIJI. London, July 17. In tbe House of Lords this afternoon the Earl of Carnar- van, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, stated that her Majesty's Government was ready to accept the cession of the Fiji Islands if it was made unconditional, but the sixteen conditions proposed by Fiji are not acceptable. The Government of New South Wales has been Instructed to submit the views of the Government on the matter to the King ana inhabitants of fiji Islands. FRANCE. MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS. Paris, July 17. There are discussions tn the Ministry upon questions of general policy, but no change in the Government other than retirement of M. Magna is ex pected to take place before the debate of next Monday, on M. Ventavon's report irom tbe committee of Thirty.. SPAIK. CARLIST FEROCITY. Paris, July 17. The Madrid journals state that tbe Carlists have seized a number of men, women and children on the Contabrian coast and in Bscsy, numbering in all 1600 persons, and held them as hostages to be shot in case of attack by the Republicans. A Man Kills hi Wire' Bedneer. Louisville, July 17. A special to the Courier-Journal says Daniel Matheney was shot in his own store at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to-day by James Slaughter. Slaughter alleged a criminal intimacy between his wife and Matheney, which the latter admitted, and Slaughter drew a pistol and. fired, indicting a fatal wound. The entire Harrodsburg bar volunteered to defend Slaughter. BT MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The journeyman tailors of Omaha are on a strike on account of employer reducing prices. Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile in 2:16 at East Saginaw, Michigan, Thursday, beating e uiierton. The late Jeremiah Kingman, of Bar- rington, Mass., left in his will $10,000 to fmllips Academy, in i-xeter, Aew Hamp shire. The steamships Great Western from Bristol, Colina from Antwerp and Wis consin irom .Liverpool, have arrived at New York. A corporal's detachment of six United 8tates soldiers was attacked by twenty In- tans near the mouth or DeerUreek, Wy oming, on tbe loth. The Indians were repulsed. Ratifications of the postal convention between the United States and France were exchanged yesterday at the Post-office Department, and the convention will be carried into operation on the 1st of August. Professor Watson, of the University of Michigan, accompanied by other astronomers, left Omaha yesterday on their way to stations in China and Japan, where they will observe the transit of Venus. Four car loads of astronomical instruments preceded them. Ohio. A prisoner charged with burglary broke jail at Canton Thursday. The Chillicothe Advertiser Is reported sold, but to whom is not stated. Hlaat fnvnnp TCn 1 nf fllanliiinvillo which has been for Borne time idle, has blown in again. David Wallace sr.. the oldest citizen of Tuscarawas county, died recently at JNew Philadelphia. He was a native of ire- land. The Ripley Bee has been bought by S. J. Housh, who will change its name to Kipley Independent, and n.ake its poli tics what that name signifies. The Pike county Republican expresses the opinion that tbe lands of that county are depreciating by reason of improper farming and lack of fertilization. Isaac Lumbreek. an old citizen of Chil licothe, and one of the wealthiest in tbe county, died Thursday morning of congestive cholera morbus, aged seventyfive. The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Val ley railroad has been placed in the hands of E. B. Thomas as receiver. Mr. Thomas 4ias made no change in the general officers of tbe road. Uriah Miner, switchmaster at Leavitts- burg, on tbe Atlantic and Ureat western railroad, married, aged about forty years, was run over by a train Wednesday night, severing his tbigb. He died in a lew hours. . A little boy while at play, ran on the track of the Cleveland. ML Vernon and Delaware railroad at rtewhurg, ihursday. and was struck bv tbe enrine of a nassen- ger train and thrown a considerable dis tance, lie died a few minutes alter. A train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railway ran over a three year old child near Dover last week. The child being struck by the engine was thrown into the cattle guard, where it lay until the whole train passed over, and escaped all injury except a slight scratch and bruise or two. A Successful Conundrum. "John has never given you a ring ?" said Katie's sister to her one day. John was Katie s lover. shake of her head. "And he never will until you ask him for it." returned the sister. "Then 1 fear 1 shall never get one," was the reply. "Of course you never will. John is too stupid to think of such things, and you can never pluck up courage to ask for one; it follows tbat you will never get one. This set Katie to thinking, and to what purpose we shall see. That evening her lover came to see her. He was very proud and very happy, for the beautiful girl by his side had been for several weeks pledged to marry him as soon as the business could be properly done, and John was a grand good fellow, too, notwithstanding hia obliviousness to certain polite matters. "John," said Katie, at length, looking up with an innocent smile, "do you know what a conundrum is?" "Why, it'sa puule a riddle," answered John. "Do you think you could ask me one I could not guess ?" "I don't know, I never thought of such things. Could you ask me one ?" "I could try.'' "Well. try. Katie." "Then answer this: Why is the letter D like a ring 7" John puizled his brain over the prob lem for a long time, but was hnally forced to give it up. "I don't know. Katie. Why is it T "Because," replied the maiden, with a very soft blush creeping np to ber temples, "re cannot be vtd without it V In less than a week from that date Katie had her engagement ring. Or course it is considerable of an accomplishment for a woman to be able to converse in seven languages, but it is more to her credit if she can hold her tongue in one. DIED. Esslish Baldwin, infant son of Lorenso and Mary English. Funeral from family residence, 226 East ? 1 i1 auuu 1 , mat., at 4 p. m. Dispatch and 8unday Newscopy.1 Lake" Breeze Kesort. THERE HAS JPST BEBrfCOMPLETED a Hotel at this place for the accommodation of pleasure s.vkera and persons needing rest. The rooms are large and pleasant. part of them in suits, for tbe accommodation ana com tort 01 famines, ine House stands within two hundred feet of the beach of the Lake, where there ia good bathing. Swings, Croquet Grounds, Yachts and How Boats are kept for the especial use of guests, with no extra charge for the same. A trusty and competent sailor is employed to manage the boats. So many families coming to this favored locality for health, qniet and rest, we have built this house with reference to their comfort, and no pains will be spared to make this A PLEASANT SUMMER RESORT. The tables are abundantly supplied with fresh milk, ft uit and vegetables raised on the place. The lake breezes make the air pure and invigorating, and invalids experience good results at once, and usually after a short time are able to take long walks on the beach. Tbis nlace is situated nine miles dlreetlr north of Klyria, four from Black River and twenty-two from Cleveland. Persons de-Birlng to visit here can stop off at Elyria ai d take carriages over a beautiful drive to the Lake or take the L. 8. & T. V. railroad to Black River, from which the hack will take them to Lake Breeze. Price, Ten Do'lara per Week. Children half price or less, according to age. jai iekkcll, rrop'r. PostofiTce address. Sheffield Lake. Lorain County, Oi'io. jyl8 s tn 8t lor4p NEW SINGING BOOKS The Leader! By n. R. Palmer, assis ed by L. O.Emerson. Choirt, Conventions and Singing Oiasbes will welcome this new Church Music Book, filled with new tune,an . thems, cbants, etc.. etc., all of the best quality. Price, $1.38 or $12.00 per dozen. TTtE HOIS (i MONARCH! By H. R Palmer, assisted bv L. O. Emerson. Especially for Singing Classes. First 86 pages contains the elementary course, the same as that in the Leader, which course is followed by more than 100 pages filled with the moat interesting Secular and Sacred Mu sic for practice. Equal to tbe Song King in interest, trice, 70 els., or 7.50 per dozen. American School Musio Readers. Three carefully graded Song Books for Common Schools, by L. O. Emerson and W. S. Tilden. Book 1st. For Primary Schools, price 35c. Book 2d. For Lower "Grammar" Clsssei, price 60c. Book 3d. For Higher "Grammar" Classes, price 60c. The Chorus is easy, progressive, interesting and has been morouguiy tested in scdooib near oosron. UUA8. H. 1J1TSUW lU., 711 Broadway, New York. OLIVER DITSON k CO., Boston jyl7wftswtf VERTIF1CA TE OF COMPLIANCE FOR PUB- 'LICA TION. ( To be published at least once a year in every County where there is an Agent.) STATE OF OHIO, 1 Insurakce Department, i-Colcbbub. July 17, 1874. J WHEREAS, THE EQUITABLE LIFE Assurance Society of the U nited States, located at New York,ln theState of New York, hca HUi in it.! .(Bo. .fl.rn.nl l,v the proper officers thereof, showing its condi tion ann mifliness,ana nas complied, in an respects, with the laws of tbis btate' relating to Life Insurance Companies, organized bv act of Conpress, or by or under the laws of anr other States of tbe United States; Now. Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, William t. uinircn, superintendent ot in surance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that said Company is authoriz ed to transact its appropriate business of Life Insurance in this State, in accordance with law, during the current year. Tbe condition and business of said Company at the date ot such statement (.Dec. 31, 1873), is snown as iouows : Amount of Joint Stock or Guarantee Capital paid up.. $100,000 00 Aggregate amount ot admitted Asseis 22,678,069 93 u nadmitted Assets amounting to... $200,358 92 Aggregate amount of Liabili ties, including 1,218,-819 00 for reinsurance re serve 19.856.450 00 Amount ot income tor tan pre- c ding tear in cash 9,800.180 DO Amount ot expenditures tor tbe preceding year in cash. 6,600,058 01 In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name, and caused tbe seal. Seal of my office to be affixed ine aay ana year anove written. WM. F. UHURUH, Superintendent. S.G. H ARB AUGH, Agent It AT COI.CltIBl'8, OHIO. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR PUB LICA TIO N. To be published at least ones a year m every County where there is an Agent.) STATE OP OHIO, Insurance Department, Columbus, July 10, 1874. HTHEREAS. THE PHENIX 1NSUR- VV ANCuCompany.located at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, has filed in this office a sworn statement, by the proper officers thereof, showing its condition and business, and has complied in all rttpects wilh the laws of this state, relating to Fir-Insurance Companies incorpurated oy other states of tbe U nited states; Now, therefore, in pursuance of law, I. William t. Church, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Company is author- ized to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance in this State in accordance with law, during the current year. The condition and business of said Company, at the date of such statement (Dec. 31, 1873), is shown as follows: Aggre2ate amount of available Assets $2,008,9 17 05 Aggregate amount of Liabilities (except capital), including reinsurance 825,738 72 Net assets $1,183,208 33 Amount ot actual paid up Capital 1,000,000 00 Surplus $183,208 33 Amount of Income for the year in cash 1,750,621 25 Amount of Expenditures for the year in cash 1,665,268 07 la Witness WnxREor, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal Seal of my office to be affixed the day and year above written. WM. F. CriURCU, Superintendent. GILL te BROCK. Agenti It' AT COLCMIl'l, OHIO. J. H. & F. L. OLDS, ARCHITECTS. 0l?lc -NO. 3 CONVERSE BUILDING, SS EAST STATE STREET, COLTjatUTS, OHIO. All kinds of Measuring and Estimating done For uontranors. renin em f Banal to tha best and cbeoo PrlatlBg, as the cheapest, at tbe OU (HH.aiUl CB,IZI,9,AJB,2,FSOMPLIAN for PUB-tn mery County whtre thm it an Jtumt.) STATE OP nnm STATE OF OHIO, Iksubanob Department, CotUMBCB. Julv 9. 1RT1 4- J WHEREAS, THE COMMERCIAL UDlOn Infill r An -? flnmnan,, 1 .1 i. London, m the United Kingdom of Great Untain and IrelAnri a tV;.,., v. t ance Com Dan v. is tvihrpkopH ne f i . tne amount of antnui rnnifi similar companies formed under the nrovia- nna ne L. -.a j 11. , . 1 . ui o vuuuea An act to regulate Insurance ComnAnim rinfnn on Tnt..K1nA business in the State of Ohio," passed April 27th, 1872, and the acta amendatory thereof and . Alinnlmnroi-i tl,aM Anj has deposited with . the Superintendent or Insurance of the State of Ohio, in trust for the benefit and security of ita policy-holders residing in the State of Ohio, a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars in stocks and securities required and aUowed by said acts, and has filed in this office a certified copy of its charter or deed of settlement, and a detailed statement of its ' assets and liabilities, and evidences of investments, and otherwise complied with all the requisitions of the said acta, which are applicable to foreign Fire Insurance Companies,'! partnerships and associations; Now, Therefore, In pursuance of law, I, . William F. Cburch, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Company is authorized to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance in this State, in accordance with law, during the current year. The condition and business of said Company, Dec. 31, 1872, ',&s shown by statement of home office made to this Department, is as follows: Amount of actual paid up Capital 250,000 Aggregate amount of avail- . able Assets 1,026,412 6 9 Aggregate amount of Liabilities (except capita), including reinsurance 642,416 11 11 Amount of In ome for the preceding yearincasb 612,556 8 1 Amount of Eipendii ures for the preceding year in cash 556,942 11 6 The condition and business of tbe United States or American Branch, December 31, 1873, is shown by statement, as follows: Aggregate amount of available assets in the United Stales $502,886 54 Aggngaie amount of l iabilities in tbe United States, including - reinsurance 322, 883 53 Amount of Income for the preceding year in cash in the United States 656,637 16 Amount of Expenditures for tbe preceding year in cash in the United Stales 503,577 32 Ik Withiss Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal Feal of my office to be affixed, the day and j ear above wntten. WM. F. CHURCH, Superintendent. ; GILL 6c BROCK, Agents It AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED by tbe Commissioners of Con struction of the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, at 01enwood(nearColumbns,Ohio,)un-til 4 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, 19th Bay of Ancast, A. B. 174, For the Carpenter and joiner work, and paintingand glussingof thefour(4) extension wings of tbe building now in process of erection. Plans, drawings and specifications of the same may be seen at the office of the Arcbi-C "fton. Ilia nrmnnrla Each bid to be accompanied by a guaranty, with proper security in the penal sum of fifteen hundred dollars, that if accepted the party or parties proposing will enter into and faithfully execute the contract. 1 he Board reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Proposals must be addressed to Geo. W. Manypennv. Esq.. President nf tha fWrri nf Commissioners, Columbus, Ohio, and in-, uorsea - rroposais lor Uarpenter and Joiner Work," etc. Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum. By order ot Commissioners. T. R. TINSLET, jy!6 23 30 an6 12 Architect. vlxi Notioo. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Citt Clerk's Office, Colojiucs, Ohio, July 14, 1874. J Notice is herebv ffiven that nnv.nHinir, hnv. been instituted in the City Council of Colutn- uub, iur maitiug me louowing improvements, to-wit: ror DaVtDff the Aaat a'dA nf Parlr Atrant.. frnm Gooriale street to Buttles avenue; estimated cost, J711.60. Also, to ex'end Oak street, from Parsons av enue to intersect oak atreet on south line of bartlitl's addition. The same to be done in accordance with pla'a and estimates to be prepared by the City I iv,l Engineer, and filed in thA ntn,A nf Hia Citv Clerk. 11 persons claiming damageB on account of said proposed impro-remeQta, are required to file their claims in the office of the Clerk, in writing, on or before the lath day . of August, A. D. 1874. . ' FRANK WILSON, City Clerk. : ' July 14, A. D. 1874. jyie ltaw4w SEALED PROPOSALS WILL RE RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF the City Clerk, in Columbus, Ohio, until Monday, the 27th Day of July, 1874, At 12 o'clock noon, for furnishing the materials and doing the following work, to-wit: For grading and graveling the roadway of Hound street, from High atreet to Columbus and Hocking Valley railroad. For grading and paving the sidewalks on both sides of University atreet, from High street to Uamlot street F r unidins and nsvinir the cutters and set. ting the curb on north side of Mound street, from the Ohio emu! to the west aide of Columbus and nocking Valley railroad. or grading and bouldering the gutters on Columbus street, frbin Fourth street to Fifth street. Each bid must contain the full namea of all the parties interested in the same, and must be ao-. oompanied with good and sufficient aeenrity main ineoia snail oe accepted, ine contract will be entered into and the work faithfully performed.The City Council reserves the right to rejeoi any or all bida at diacretion. JWIAU Klff-VrJAK, Citv Civil Engineer. City Civil Engineer's Office, in New City Hall ,iyi ziaw iw XetT7-lzxs Notice. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COSCERH Citt Clrbs's Orrtca, 1 k Coimaca, 0., June 29, 1874. f NOTICE W HEREBY GIVEN THAT PROCEEDINGS have been institnted in the City Council of Columhm, for making the following Improvements, tn.wit : For grading the roadway of Raird street, from Montgomery atreet to Oharlea atreet; estimated coat, $.1.16. The same to be done in accordance with plata and estimates to be prepared bv the City Civil Engineer, and Bled in the office of tha City Clerk. All persons claiming damages on account of said proposed improvementa are required to file their claima id lbs office of the Clerk, io writing, on or before the 2d Hay of August, A. D. 1874. FRANK WIL60N, City Clerk. July S, 1874. jyll ltaw 4w JPOH. WAT.Til AT THIS OFFICE By tha pound or by the handled. Storekeepers will realise a saving by osingtbem aa wrapping paper